Account Executive - Banking and Wealth
Plaid is a financial technology company providing APIs and network connectivity for businesses to build financial products.
Maintainer signals as of 8/23/2026
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About Plaid
Plaid operates a financial data network and API platform that lets businesses connect to financial institutions and build financial experiences. Its products support account and identity verification, real-time balance and transaction data, investment and liability data, income and underwriting workflows, fraud and AML risk checks, and multi-rail bank payments. It serves developers, businesses, financial institutions, platforms, lenders, banks, and consumer-facing financial-product providers.
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About the Role
You'll focus on selling into a territory of banks and credit unions, running the full sales cycle and building strong, long-lasting relationships to help them execute on their vision. You'll bring Plaid to banks and credit unions, with a focus on banking and wealth workflows like online account opening, consumer lending, asset and income verification, and fraud prevention.
Requirements
- 3-5 years of quota-carrying experience in a new-revenue role and a strong track record of closing deals
- Strong prospecting, qualifying, and negotiating skills with a consultative, product-centric sales approach
- Experience working with sales development and deploying a vertical-focused revenue strategy; banking and wealth experience preferred
- Ability to articulate complex solutions to all levels of a banking organization
- Interest in financial services products and a desire to build strategic customer relationships
- Excitement to work in a high-growth environment and help build processes and tools
- Desire to become more technical and learn Plaid's APIs
Responsibilities
- Identify potential customers and run the end-to-end sales process within the Banking and Wealth segment
- Build and maintain relationships with financial institutions, from executives to product teams and developers, and serve as a subject matter expert
- Partner with sales and marketing teams to define and execute the Banking and Wealth segment sales strategy
- Work with the Product team, SEs, and Account Managers to identify gaps in solutions for financial institutions
- Manage pipeline and accurately reflect the probability of close
Benefits
- Equity
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
